Constitutive activation of nitrate reductase in tobacco alters flowering time and plant biomass

Abstract Pyridine alkaloids produced in tobacco can react with nitrosating agents such as nitrite to form tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNA), which are among the most notable toxicants present in tobacco smoke. The market type known as burley tobacco is particularly susceptible to TSNA formation b...

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Main Authors: Jianli Lu, Niharika N. Chandrakanth, Ramsey S. Lewis, Karen Andres, Lucien Bovet, Simon Goepfert, Ralph E. Dewey
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/84f708b815a3414c82d65b81abadec3c
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